BURNLEY'S Rob Sinclair defended his lightweight world championship title with a split decision against Andre Winner at Bamma 10.

The Bamma belt-holder saw a tentative start against the UFC veteran Winner at the Wembley Arena fight which was televised on Channel 5 Star.

Sinclair, whose nickname is "C4", soon broke the stalemate with a huge right and a solid knee as the headline bout burst into life.

The Burnley native looked to have edged a tight first…

Colton Smith, Ankeny grad and Fort Hood soldier, competes for six-figure Ultimate Fighting Championship contract.

Legendary MMA trainer and fighter Renzo Gracie says he beat up two would-be muggers who had the audacity to try and mug him on a Manhattan street.  The best part is Gracie did a play-by-play live tweet of the beatdown on his Twitter account.



Gracie, who has trained top UFC stars including Georges St-Pierre and Frankie Edgar, says he was approached on…

LEWISTON, Maine — Mixed martial arts and road racing seem like strange athletic bedfellows, but the combination of those two contrasting disciplines helped provide Rumford’s Jesse Peterson the stamina he needed to become a champion.

Peterson, put on the defensive early in his match against Cody Lightfoot of South Berwick for the New England Fights Maine state middleweight (185-pound) crown, used a stunning turnaround late in the second round to win the title belt in…

The reigning middleweight champion and No.3 pound-for-pound best boxer in the world Sergio Martinez is all set to collide with unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Saturday night.

Martinez (49-2-2}, who has won five consecutive fights since losing to Paul Williams at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey in 2009, will defend his Ring Middleweight title and try to snatch Chavez's…

In his seven years as a professional fighter Andre Ward (26-0, 14 KOs) has heard many descriptions of his boxing style. ‘He gets the job done,’ they’d say or, ‘he wins ugly.’ On Saturday night in Oakland, Calif., Ward did more then just get the job done.

The WBC and WBA super middleweight champion impressively stopped light…

Martin Kampmann (20-5-0) is currently on an impressive three-fight win streak, and he plans to add another victory to his record when he faces Johny Hendricks (13-1-0) at UFC 154. The event is set for Nov. 17, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada.

Having trained with the "Bigg Rigg" in the past, Kampmann is very respectful of the Hendricks' skills, but he's…

Mixed martial arts fighter and reality TV show host Jason "Mayhem" Miller has been charged with misdemeanor vandalism after he allegedly broke into an Orange County churchlast month and was found sleeping naked on a couch.

Miller, 31, is…

It will be one of the most unique talent-share deals in sports when it finally gets under way, but Bjorn Rebney already is starting to geek out about it.



The Bellator CEO will have to wait until the new year to utilize Muhammed "King Mo" Lawal in his cage. But later this fall, he'll get to watch his new star build a new fanbase with the pro wrestling audience.



Lawal (8-1 MMA, 0-0 BFC) is expected to make his TNA Impact Wrestling debut next month…

September 10, 2012 (CRESCENT CITY, Calif.) -- A Northern California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend's heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges.

Jarrod Wyatt of Crescent City agreed to a plea deal in which he will serve 50 years to life in prison, Del Norte…

First, UFC fighter Frank Mir made the switch to challenge Olympic wrestler Frank Cormier on a Strikeforce fight card. Now, a second MMA fighter talent swap has been added to Strikeforce: Cormier vs Mir on Saturday, November 3 at 10:00 pm ET/PT.

Sara McMann, Olympic silver medalist in wrestling, has signed a four-fight contract with Strikeforce and is scheduled to face former US Marine, Liz Carmouche. No word yet on whether the fight is…

Despite a pair of disappointing losses to current UFC lightweight champion Benson Henderson, former titleholder Frankie Edgar (14-3-1 MMA, 9-3-1 UFC) will now get his shot at history.

USA TODAY Sports has learned that an undisclosed injury has forced Erik Koch (13-1, 2-0) to withdraw from a planned UFC 153 title fight with current featherweight champion Jose Aldo (21-1, 3-0), and Edgar has agreed to…

Anderson Silva vs. Georges St. Pierre is the dream fight which so many MMA fans have been drooling about ever since the two went on their respective winning streaks as champions, and it would seem that this super fight is going to happen sooner rather than later.

Talking to…

Aug 30, 2012 - Trilogy combatants tend to develop a healthy respect for one another over the course of their battles. After all, if a pair of fighters have squared off three times, it usually means they've fought hard and well and elevated one another's games in the process.

Even if they don't like the person on the other side of the cage, their names become inextricably linked, like…

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The World Series of Fighting is officially headed to Las Vegas later this year after receiving their promoter’s license last week.

Nevada State Athletic Commission Executive Director Keith Kizer confirmed with MMAWeekly.com on Monday that the World Series of Fighting had their promoter’s license officially approved last Friday, and they are now able to put on events in the state.

The World Series of Fighting…

UFC president Dana White recently said he's warming up to women's mixed martial arts and it's all because of current Strikeforce women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey.



"I don't think I've been too shy about what I think about Ronda," White told USA Today. "She just looked impressive ... Ronda Rousey is a star."…

The UFC needed some good news after last week’s cancellation of UFC 151 and it got it.

UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre has been medically cleared to compete and he has his sights set on on a return bout against interim UFC 170-pound champion Carlos Condit at UFC 154 on Nov. 17 at Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

“Yesterday was the final chapter of my road to recovery, I’m now medically cleared to compete in professional mixed martial…

This week we bring you an exclusive interview with UFC veteran Din Thomas. Din is fresh off a victory over Cody Bollinger at the Pure MMA: Next Episode event which took place on May 12.

We are Really appreciative of the time Din took out of his busy training and teaching schedule to do this interview for our members and his fans.



Now lets get right in to the interview with MMA fighter and trainer Din Thomas:…

For the past month or so, Golden Boy has been providing live boxing events to Fox Deportes.



Among those fights was Sergio Thompson's upset of Jorge Linares on a card Golden Boy promoted in Mexico as part of its deal for a monthly card on Mexican network Televisa. There was also the Edgar Sosa-Wilbert Uicab card, which Golden Boy didn't promote but secured U.S. television rights to and placed on Fox Deportes.



Those cards occured while Golden Boy and Fox…

Firefighter facing five years in jail 'after claiming disability pay while competing as martial arts fighter called The Noodle'

A firefighter has been arrested for insurance fraud after he allegedly moonlighted as a mixed martial arts fighter while on sick leave.

Raphael Davis, 35, reportedly claimed $30,000 benefits from the Los Angeles Fire Department between 2008 and 2011 because he was…